Daily US Times, Paris: France confirmed the death on Saturday. According to French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn the patient was an 80-year-old Chinese tourist, said French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn. who went to France in mid-January and was hospitalized later that month.
The coronavirus killed more than 1,500 people so far since the outbreak started in last December. At least 67,000 people worldwide, mostly in China has been reported to the case. But this is the first death reported in Europe.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the virus is still spreading in China, could be around for at least another year. In the US, more than 15 confirmed cases had reported but none are said to be suffering serious symptoms.
The virus, which is now called COVID-19 has spread to more than two dozen countries.
French minister Agnès Buzyn said Saturday that the condition of the patient had “deteriorated rapidly” after being hospitalized on Jan. 25, adding that he had been kept under intensive care for several days.
He said, “His condition had deteriorated rapidly and he had been in a critical condition under intensive care for several days.”
The patient came to France from Hubei, a province of China where the virus outbreak thought to have started.
The patient’s daughter has also tested positive to Coronavirus and is being treated at the Bichat Hospital in Paris, but should be released from the hospital soon.
Difficult time form medical staff
More than 1,700 medical staff infected with Coronavirus, a new crisis for the Chinese government
The Chinese government confirmed more than 1,700 medical staff infected with coronavirus amid concerns about shortages of protective equipment.
Authorities said at least 6 medical staff have died so far since the outbreak started.
Among them, a week ago, the death of Doctor Li Wenliang, who tried to warn authorities early on about the virus, provoked a burst of public anger and grief.
More than 1,300 people are now known to have died the virus, which got its name by the World Health Organization (WHO) as COVID-19.
The latest figures increased the number to 1381 as 122 new deaths reported yesterday.
China’s National Health Commission said the total number of infections has jumped to 63,922 cases.
Last two days, the outbreak has seen a sharp rise both is deaths and number of infected people, but WHO said there was no major shift in the virus’s pattern of mortality or severity, despite a spike in cases in Hubei, the epicenter of the disease, on Tuesday.